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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW66F0351

1965-10-08 ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1532Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH P35

Year of manufacture

1962 · 3 years old at event

Engine

AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19611114

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0D80A

Registrant of record

FLYING Y FARMS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

BEECHCRAFT 95-A55 · N1532Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

D

Airport

ESLER

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Total time

391 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,578

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GEAR BRAKE CLIPS FAILED

Investigator remarks

IMPROPER TYPE BRAKE DISC PUCKS INSTALLED, RIGHT

Cause factors

  • 70/C/CJ C
    AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
  • 88/C/46 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WRONG PART Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3026. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3026.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.